stera

1 stera v. steira

2 stera [aphaeretic form of LL hystera < ὑστέρα, cf. LL stericus < hystericus], uterus, womb; b (assoc. w. sterilis); c (in gl. poem). hec stera, -e, i. pellicula, in qua puer in ventre involvitur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 512; dant vesica, jecur, stera, splen, renes, epilempsis / dandam peonie viribus esse fidem Neckam DS VII 239; ave, vivi panis pera, / conditorem condens stera / trine mundi machine Walt. Wimb. Virgo 101; hec stera, pellis in qua concipitur infans WW; hec munda, hec matrix, hec steria, a schyn that a schyld ys consevyd in WW.  b stera, i. matrix, inde sterilis et steronim, i. pelliculosa membra qualia sunt intestina matrix etc. Alph. 168.  c quid sterea [gl.: sterea est pars in terraneorum omnigena] Gloss. Poems 103.